Santa Sayyapparaju

Santa Sayyapparaju (1695-) was the Senakarta (Secretary of the Army) of the Maratha Confederacy from 1735, succeeding his father Jayanthi Sayyapparaju.

Biography
Santa Sayyapparaju was born in 1695 in Satara, Bijapur, the son of Jayanthi Sayyapparaju - his family was of the brahmin caste, the highest of all. Sayyapparaju entered politics after his father died and he was appointed as the new Senakarta (Secretary of the Army) in 1735, becoming the leader of the armed forces of the Maratha Confederacy. Sayyapparaju was frugal and thrifty and morally impaired unlike his father.